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Leptophis occidentalis
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Leptophis occidentalis

Leptophis occidentalis (Günther, 1859)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama,
Also published as
Ahaetulla occidentalis Günther, 1859; Leptophis santamartensis Bernal-Carlo & Roze, 1994; Leptophis ultramarinus Cope, 1894
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Leptophis occidentalis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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References

  • Bernal, R. (2025). Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 Pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá.
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. (2020). Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214.
  • Bellini, G. P., & Vanesa Arzamendia and Alejandro Raúl Giraudo. (2019). Reproductive life history of snakes in temperate regions: what are the differences between oviparous and viviparous species? Amphibia-Reptilia 40 (3): 291–303.
  • Beebe, & William. (1946). Field notes on the snakes of Kartabo, British Guiana, and Caripito, Venezuela. Zoologica 31: 11-52.
  • Bell, T. (1825). On Leptophina, a group of serpents comprising the Genus Drynus of Merrem, and a newly formed Genus proposed to be named Leptophis. The Zoological Journal, 2: 322-329.
  • Freiberg, M. A. (1982). Snakes of South America. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 189 Pp.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.